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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Last year our APS elementary school paid for IXL accounts for kids who they considered at risk for failing the math SOL so they could get extra practice.  Advanced and gifted kids didn't get an IXL account and were told to read quietly at their desk after finishing their work.  It was really unfair and made many of the advanced kids upset that they didn't have access to IXL to work on new material.

APS has really decided that it doesn't need to meet the needs of advanced and gifted students.  It's a remarkable turnaround from our experience pre-covid.[/quote]

And this is one reason why voters need to think, and school board and county board candidates need to realize that Arlington County cannot be everything for everyone, all the time, and receive ever more and more students.  Space is one huge issue, but the other paramount issue is getting the needs met of various learners.  This is one of the richest counties in the U.S.  with an ever increasing population with many needs.  And yet, all we hear are 'cuts, cuts, cuts', and 'we have no money'.  Something is out of balance here.[/quote]

Yup.

APS is not properly funded.

We need VA and the CB to step up and properly fund APS. [/quote]

Why doesn't APE lobby for that? I'll wait. [/quote]

Doesn’t APS get half of Arlington’s tax revenue already? How much more should we give them? Don’t we need to fund other things too?

Perhaps the problem is mismanagement of ample funding. Let’s take a look at “needs”.[/quote]

Again, I will ask why doesn't APE lobby for more funds from county and state? This is what they would do if they actually cared about public education.

Still waiting. [/quote]

Why didn’t they say anything when Youngkin proposed budget CUTS?

They have yet to say one critical word about him. 
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APE wants to defund public schools, so does their guy Youngkin. APE wants to use our taxpayer dollars to pay for vouchers for their kids to attend private schools. Half of them have kids in private already. They want US to pay for it! [/quote]

Exactly. 
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Actually, Youngkin is calling for accountability in K-12, which is exactly what OP wants. [/quote]

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